Regulator for conveyers



(No Model.)

0 W HUNT REGULATOR FOR GONVEYERS.

No. 466,042. Patented Dec. 29, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES IV. HUNT, OF IV EST NE\V BRIGHTON, NE? YORK.

REGULATOR FOR CONVEYERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,042, dated December29, 1891.

Application filed June 29, 1891. Serial No. 397,806. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. HUNT, a citizen of the United States,residing at West New Brighton,in the county of Richmond,in the State ofNew York, have invented an Improvement in Regulators for Conveyers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

In the handling of coal, grain, and other materials an endless chain ofbuckets has been made use of, the buckets being supported by rollers orwheels upon stationary tracks. An apparatus of this kind is representedin my patent, No. 442,976, dated December 16,

1890. In this class of conveyers the coal or other'material has usuallybeen allowed to run down a spout or chute and pass into the buckets asthey are moved along successively beneath the lower end of such spout orchute, but difficulty has arisen in controlling the delivery of thematerial.

My present invention is designed for regulating the flow of the materialto the conveyer automatically, so that the proper quantity will passinto each bucket or receptacle.

With these objects in View I provide a feeding chute or trough with ahinged regulator at the lower end, the parts being so constructed andproportioned that as the conveyor-buckets pass along in succession theregulator is raised and arrests the supply of the material and then itdrops into the next bucket when it has moved along sufliciently far toreceive the material, and then such regulator is raised again by thefurther movement of the bucket to stop the supply, and then it dropsinto the next bucket that presents itself.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section representing myimprovement, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the parts with a portion of thechute in section.

The conveyor is to be of any desired character. I have representedbuckets A pivoted to the links of the chains B, and with rollers orWheels 0 running upon the tracks D, and the conveyer is to be movedalong progressively by any suitable means. The supply chute or spout Eis placed at a proper inclination, and there is a regulator F hinged at2 to the lower end of the spout, and it is provided with sides 8 ofproper height, and the hinge 2 is at a sufficient distance above the topedge of the buckets A for such buckets to pass along beneath such hinge,and the length of the regulator F is such that when it is dropped intothe bucket the inclination is suficient for the coal or other materialto run down the same and pass into the bucket and properly fill thesame; but as the conveyerbucket passes along beneath the regulator suchregulator is raised into nearly a horizontal position, as indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 1, and the coal or similar material will not slidedown the same, and such material will accumulate upon the regulator andbetween the sides thereof in such a manner as to prevent the furtherdownward movement of the material supplied by the chute or spout, andwhen the advancing edge of the next bucket passes clear of the end ofthe regulator F such regulator drops and the material is delivered intothe bucket.

It will be found that if the movement of the conveyer is arrested whenthe regulator is in an elevated position the discharge of the materialover the regulator will be prevented in consequence of such regulatoroccupying nearly a horizontal position, and if the movement of theconveyers should be arrested when the regulator is in its depressedposition the material will accumulate in the bucket of the.conveyer uponthe regulator and against the lower end of the spout in such a manner asto prevent the further downward movement of the coal or other materialuntil the conveyer is again set in motion.

The direction of motion of the conveyer is denoted by the arrow and eachbucket passes insuccession from the hinge of the regulator toward theswinging end of the same, hence either raising such regulator orallowing it to fall for the passage of the material, as aforesaid.

I have shown the hinged regulator with sides attached to it; but incases when the sides are fixtures at the lower end of the chute theregulator may be made without sides.

I do not claim a valve or detainer at the lower end of a chute and meansfor actuating the same, as this has been provided; but it always remainsentirely above the buckets and is not actuated by the direct contact ofsuch buckets.

In my improvement the parts are rendered very simple and easy toconstruct and keep 2. The combi11ation,with the range ofconveyer-buckets, of a supply chute or spout an d a regulator hinged atits upper end to the lower end of the spout and provided with sides,such regulator dropping by gravity into the buckets successively andbeing raised automatically by the passing buckets, substan- 2o tially asforth.

Signed by me this 2-ith day of June, 1891.

CHAS. XV. HUNT. \Vitnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, WILLIAM G. Mom.

